The mating system of the fiddler crab, Uca lactea (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 389-399

  Yamaguchi, Takao ^a  

^a Aitsu Marine Biological Station   (Japan)

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EID: 0012822988     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854001300104471     Document Type: Article

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